Carl Legault Explained

Carl Legault
Birth Date:2 January 1923
Birth Place:Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Office:MP for Nipissing
Term Start:1964
Term End:1972
Predecessor:Jack Garland
Successor:Jean-Jacques Blais,
Spouse:Gilberte Dompierre
(m. 14 Oct 1946)[1]

Carl Legault (January 2, 1923  - March 12, 1983) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Nipissing in the House of Commons of Canada from 1964 to 1972. He represented the Liberal Party.

Before entering politics, Legault was a furniture retailer in Sturgeon Falls.

He was first elected in a 1964 byelection, following the death of the district's longtime MP Jack Garland. He was reelected in the 1965 and 1968 elections, and then retired from politics in 1972. He died in 1983 and was buried at Sturgeon Falls.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967. Canada. Public Archives of. 1968.
  2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/nipissin/sturgeon/st_mary1/legaul24.jpg